Increasing Awareness of Opioid Disposal in the Orthopedic Patient Population

March 25, 2020 updated by: Christine D. Aliory, Mayo Clinic
Researchers are trying to determine if providing education on proper disposal of unused opioid medications to the orthopedic patient undergoing a planned hip or knee total joint replacement will increase the percentage of patients who properly dispose of unused opioids.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

80

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Arizona
      • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259
        • Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult 18 + years
  • Planned total hip or knee replacement surgery
  • English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pediatric patients 17 and younger
  • Non-English speaking patients
  • Total joint replacement surgery other than Hip and Knee

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
Subjects participating in a total joint class for patients undergoing planned hip and knee total joint replacement.
Experimental: Intervention Group
Subjects participating in a total joint class for patients undergoing planned hip and knee total joint replacement will receive additional education about the disposal of opioids.
Current class curriculum including education about pain management with additional education about the disposal of opioids.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Disposal of unused prescription pain medication
Time Frame: 12 weeks post operative
Number of subjects to self-report disposal of unused prescription pain medication on the twelve week post operative visit survey
12 weeks post operative
Use of medication deactivation bag
Time Frame: 12 weeks post operative
Number of subjects to self-report disposal of unused prescription pain medication via the medication deactivation bag on the twelve week post operative visit survey
12 weeks post operative

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Christine Aliory, APRN, Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 3, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 16, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 16, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

May 17, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 26, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 25, 2020

Last Verified

March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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